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The Vancouver Canucks get social media.  At Watercooler, we’ve worked with several professional sports teams from the Montreal Canadiens to the Los Angeles Clippers, but it’s clear when talking to the folks in Vancouver that they get it more than most.  And that is by no means a shot at the others. You can probably [...]

With the NFL draft rapidly approaching this weekend, discussion is starting to heat up around the FanSection community especially among teams with a top five pick.  No team is under the microscope more after a dreadful 0-16 season than the Detroit Lions.
The Lions pretty much need everything, especially a new offensive line and defensive players [...]

Setanta Sports just launched a new live and on-demand sports streaming service for US customers.  Setanta, which carries all sorts of European sports from the English Premier League soccer to rugby, cricket, and boxing, had previously had some of it’s content available online, but not in a TV-like expeirence.  The new subscription service which will [...]

This one comes courtesy of The Sports Economist.
Evidently Engergie Cottbus, a Bundesliga first division team, felt so bad about its poor performance after its sixth loss in seven games, that it refunded tickets to all fans that traveled to an away game.  The team also issued a statement that included this line, “By refunding the [...]

Every sports fan can appreciate sports trivia.  It’s one of the most visited and used features within our Facebook applications, and as a result we’ve accumulated well over one million questions across the FanSection suite of communities.  That content, which is 100% user generated, is incredibly valuable because of its unique ability to engage users.
That’s [...]